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4th SS MW Ch 7
My World Ch 7 Vocab New Challenges for Texas
Term | Definition |
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plantation | a large farm that produces crops to sell |
abolitionists | people who wanted to end slavery |
tariff | a tax paid on goods that come from another country |
nullify | cancel |
secede | to officially leave or separate from a group |
cavalry | a group of soldiers who fight battles on horseback |
blockade | is an effort to stop ships from going in or out of a port |
Reconstruction | a time of rebuilding and change in the South after the Civil War |
Junteenth | a state celebration of the day slaves in Texas learned that they were free |
sharecropper | a farmer who pays part of what he or she grows to a landowner |
segregation | racial separation, or keeping African Americans separate from white people |
fort | a strongly constructed building used to house soldiers and weapons |
Buffalo Soldiers | African American soldiers who fought against the Plains Indians |
Indian Territory | land that was set aside as territory for the American Indians in 1830 |